HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081411270
Bassin de Rio Lúrio
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Malema, Metarica
Sub-basin area
58,2km²
Upstream area
16 102,1km²
Discharge
187,9m³/s
Mean elev.
504m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio690 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio518 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Metarica29.7 km²51.3% of basin
- MalemaNampula · Mozambique28.2 km²48.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 21 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,5°C
Annual rain
972mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
370mm/an
PET
1 813mm
AET
821mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
136cm
Forest
30%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)